Toupta Boguena

Toupta Boguena
Toupta Boguena
Died	4 August 2021
Nationality	Chadian
Alma mater	University of Arizona, Brigham Young University
Occupation(s)	Scientist and administrator
Known for	Minister of Public Health

Toupta Boguena (died 4 August 2021) was a Chadian scientist and administrator. She served as Chad's Minister of Public Health between 2010 and 2011. Since 2016, she had served as the executive secretary of the Niger Basin Authority.

Early life and education

Boguena spent some time in a refugee camp in Congo for people fleeing a civil war in Chad. She was awarded a United Nations funded scholarship to attend the

cheatgrass, invasive to Utah, using a locally found fungus. Cheatgrass is considered a problem for its potential to serve as kindling in wildfires.^[1]^[2]

Political and administrative work in Chad

Boguena returned to Chad after completing her doctorate in 2003, founding a grassroots NGO, the Organization for Community Supported Sustainable Agriculture in Chad, focusing on improving agriculture in local villages.^[1]

Boguena was appointed Chad's Minister of Public Health in 2010 in the administration of President

Idriss Deby.^[2] She was removed from this post in December 2011, and was replaced by Mammouth Nahor.^[3]

In 2016, Boguena was appointed the executive secretary of the

River Niger. In this role, Boguena was working with member states and development organizations such as World Bank and African Development Bank to implement the programme for the Integrated Development and Adaptation to Climate Change - which is an initiative to protect the 130 million people living in the Niger basin from the effects of climate change and ecological degradation.^[2]^[4]

Death

Boguena passed away on August 4, 2021 in Tunisia where she was undergoing treatment for a disease.[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Amy Stoate (15 June 2004). "Chadian leaps big hurdles to get doctorate". Deseret News. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The NBA Executive Secretary Curriculum Vitae". Niger Basin Authority. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ "Tchad : Idriss Déby fait le ménage". Abidjan.net. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ "Niger Basin Member Countries Earmark $274m To Fight Climate Change". Eagle Online. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ "Tchad : décès de l'ex-ministre Toupta Boguena". Al Wihda. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[Des-1] Amy Stoate (15 June 2004). "Chadian leaps big hurdles to get doctorate". Deseret News. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

[NBA-2] "The NBA Executive Secretary Curriculum Vitae". Niger Basin Authority. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

[3] "Tchad : Idriss Déby fait le ménage". Abidjan.net. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

[4] "Niger Basin Member Countries Earmark $274m To Fight Climate Change". Eagle Online. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

[5] "Tchad : décès de l'ex-ministre Toupta Boguena". Al Wihda. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

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